Look up: insist

1. insist
   [v] - be insistent and refuse to budge 2. [v] - assert to be true
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2. Insist
   In·sist' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Insisted ; present participle & verbal noun Insisting .] [ French insister , Latin insistere to set foot upon, follo...
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3. insist
   take a firm stand verb be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; `I must insist!`
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4. insist
   assert verb assert to be true; `The letter asserts a free society`
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5. Insist
   • (v. i.) To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money....
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